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Loading...| Preceded by Gregory X |
185th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 21 January 1276 - 22 June 1276 |
Succeeded by Adrian V |
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Biography
He was born about 1225 in the Kingdom of Arles in the Holy Roman Empire.[1]
He was a Dominican joining the order in Lyons around 1240. He was instrumental in drawing up the program of studies for the Dominican Order while at the University of Paris where he studied for a Master of Theology.[1]
Well known as a preacher, he held the "Chair of the French" between 1259 and 1264.[1] He wrote a "Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard" of which 108 propositions were considered heretical until defended by Thomas Aquinas. This resulted in being elected Provincial of the French Province for a three-year term between 1264 and 1267.[1]
He was elevated to cardinal on 3 June 1273 and became Bishop of the suburbicarian See of Ostia. As cardinal he was a participant in the Second Ecumenical Council of Lyons.[1]
He was the first Dominican to become pope and rule the Papal States from 21 January to 22 June 1276 taking the name Innocent V. He was crowned in Rome in June 1272. His pontificate was only 5 months long during which time he facilitated a peace treaty between Genoa and King Charles I of Sicily.[1][2]
He was buried in the Lateran Basilica but the tomb was destroyed by fire in 1307 and 1361.[1]
He was beatified on 9 March 1898.[1]
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